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5 Christmas Tree Decorating Traditions to Try This Year

Nov 272016

Christmas tree decorating traditions are some of my most favorite holiday traditions. From hiking out with my Dad and brothers to cut the family Christmas tree to some of the new traditions I’ve adopted since marrying there are plenty of tree decorating memories to make me smile.

In the past Bubbles has looked at the Christmas tree with awe and wanted to touch each ornament as it was hung. This year she was even more excited to participate in decorating process. Thank you to Hallmark for sending us new ornaments to compliment our Christmas tree decorating traditions. Continue reading »

Free Thanksgiving Printable “Be Thankful, Always” for Your Table

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Nov 212016

I am thankful for many things this Thanksgiving including all of you that come to my tiny corner of the internet and read what I have to say and share. As a thank you I created this free Thanksgiving printable “Be Thankful, Always”.

You can print it out, frame it, and set it on your Thanksgiving table, hang it in your office, wherever you want a little reminder to give thanks.

Free Thanksgiving Printable

6 Easy Ways to Keep Yourself Warm This Winter

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Nov 182016

My tips to keep yourself warm is a partnered post.

Baby, it’s cold outside! That song has been running through my head this weekend as the temperatures have dipped down into the 20s.

Being from Maine I’m familiar with colder temps, but I have lived away for so long the cold affects me the same as everyone else around here. But it does give me some experience with how to keep yourself warm during winter. Continue reading »

Easy Snackable Snowman Treats with Free Printable Stickers

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Nov 162016

This shop and my RITZ Snowman Treats have been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RitzFilledNotHangry #CollectiveBias

We only live a short distance away from Bubbles’ school so I drop her off in the mornings and pick her up at night. By the time she gets to the car it’s around 3:50 and the door barely closes behind her when she asks for a snack.

These easy RITZ Snowman Treats are a fun way to keep hangry at bay. Download your free printable for snowman stickers today!

Bubbles has always been a little bit of a slow eater, and they don’t get a lot of time for lunch at school. There have been plenty of times she’s got in the car and said she only had time to eat part of her meal. And as she doesn’t get hungry so much as she gets hangry, I’ve learned to keep snacks with me at pretty much all times. Continue reading »

Cute Clay Pot DIY Reindeer Craft Kids Can Make

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Nov 152016

Christmas is less than a month and a half away! Over the weekend we put up our tree, decorated the house, and baked some cookies. We also worked on some reindeer crafts, like a jingle bell reindeer necklace and cute DIY reindeer treat cups that look like Rudolph.

These Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Treat Cups are quick & easy to make! An entire collection of DIY reindeer can be on your table in just a few minutes.

We still have a long list of Christmas crafts that we have planned including some photo ornaments and possibly a DIY advent calendar. But I wanted to share the tutorial for this easy mini clay pot Rudolph craft so you’d have time to pick up the clay pots. Continue reading »

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